Vol. 136 No. 6
NATION
American Notes BIRMINGHAM
Blacks, Whites And Greens
American Notes DEFENSE
Will Stealth Disappear?
American Notes GUNS
Shooting Holes In a Ban
American Notes JAILS
Under the Big Top
American Notes LOUISIANA
Legislative Follies
An 18th Century Man
David Souter is a flinty New Englander with a love of books and a reverence for legal precedent. He has plenty of brains, but does he have a heart?
And Now, The Plane People (Grapevine)
A Blank Slate
Hoping to place a conservative on the Supreme Court without a bloody confirmation fight, Bush picks a man nobody knows
Defense Cuts: "Not In My Backyard" (Grapevine)
Firepower And Firewater (Grapevine)
Nervous About Nerve Gas
Plans to destroy chemical weapons cause a Pacific uproar
Oh, Great. More Bulls in Politics. (Grapevine)
On The Way Down?
Fears about the economy and the rising costs of the S&L scandal put the first dents in Bush's popularity
One Small Step for a Man Trophy (Grapevine)
Revenge Of (Grapevine)
The Bureaucrats
Roseanne Barr Popularity Prize (Grapevine)
S&L: the Ongoing Horror . . . (Grapevine)
Songbird of the Week (Grapevine)
Spinning Out Of Orbit
With the shuttle grounded, the Hubble troubled and its future role in jeopardy, NASA is an agency lost in space
The Longest Mistrial
The McMartin Pre-School case ends at last
The Presidency
Fire Storm of Babble
WORLD
Havel meets with Waldheim, then politely cuts him up
Brazil The Biggest Shake-Up
To save his stumbling country, Collor tries the most radical reform ever -- but the hardest part is how to make it stick
Britain Where Is the Black Queen?
Police hope a chess code may unlock the riddle of a woman who vanished on a trip through Ireland
South Africa The Party's Not Over
Will an old specter -- communism -- derail constitutional talks and sour the relationship between Mandela and De Klerk?
Soviet Union Heading for a Showdown
As illegal nationalist forces roam the countryside, Gorbachev issues a decree demanding that they disband
World Notes CUBA
State of Siege For Freedom
World Notes MONGOLIA
Quantum Leap To Democracy
World Notes THE KOREAS
No Wonder They're Divided
World Notes TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Following the Law of Allah
Yugoslavia The Old Demons Arise
After the collapse of totalitarianism in Central Europe, the fractious Balkans face new instability
SCIENCE
A figurine backs the tale of Moses and the idolatrous Israelites
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Pressure is mounting to introduce the drug RU 486 in the U.S.
SOCIETY
A new generation of roller coasters is scarier -- but safer -- than ever
Sex and The Sporting Life (Behavior)
Do athletic teams unwittingly promote assaults and rapes?
PRESS
The voice of feminism speaks again -- without ads
RELIGION
The Anglicans get an amiable, working-class Evangelical from London's East End as their 103rd Archbishop
SPORT
In the glasnost era, the Goodwill Games lose some sizzle
STYLE & DESIGN
A "guerrilla preservationist" saves historic buildings
TECHNOLOGY
Some scientists believe that things inside their computers are actually alive. What's really scary is that it may be true
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BUSINESS
The bold scion of Hermes gives an Old World firm fresh pizazz
Business Notes COMPUTERS DEC's
Profits Hit the Deck
Business Notes FUND RAISING
Rubber Ducky, You're the One
Business Notes LOANS
Getting an F In Finance
Business Notes NUTRITION
Big Mac Sees the Lite
Business Notes TRADE
Hard Rocks For Hard Cash
Double Vision In the Den
A tiny U.S. company battles to market a dual-deck VCR
Skeletons In Eastern's Hangar
Criminal charges of poor maintenance may be the final blow
The Crude Enforcer
Iraq's leader calls out the troops to frighten his neighbors into curbing their petroleum output; his tactic will raise oil prices -- but for how long?
The Fast Track to Platinum
An upstart called SBK is the hottest new label on the turntable
EDUCATION
An unusual program propels young blacks toward college
LAW
Supreme Court clerks help shape the nation's final judgments
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Figments (Books)
Life On Hemlock Street (Books)
What's Up, Doc? Animation! (Show Business)
The cartoon boom in TV and movies is reviving a neglected craft
PEOPLE
An inspired leader and a tough negotiator, ROBIN BURNS may be that elusive figure, the new woman executive